You always put fencing around tomato's. Granted my chickens cant get
close to them but small birds will peck one hole and take off.
Besides fencing, you can use small rubber balls, just hang them by a
string. Birds will peck them once or twice and then leave the rest of
the crops alone.
Mike -- USA zone 6b. 8 Chickens, 2 Rabbits, 2 Ducks. Spell check brought to you by the Greater Oklahoma-Arkansas Higher Learning Center. Helping inbred, snaggle-toothed idiots for over 100 years.
On 8/2/2010 8:22 AM, shebee36 wrote:
> I have always let my hens free range. I have two old hens, who are well mannered and they are people friendly. Our dog, thinks he is a chicken, too! When he finishes eating, he will pick up his bowl and take it in the yard, where he and the old hens eat together. (It is so funny!!!) We have six new pullets who act like teenagers.
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> They have stayed with the old hens, who I expected to "teach them the ropes." A few days ago, I let them out.
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> The pullets have become bolder in their adventures. My husband stepped away from the garden for a few minutes. When he returned, he found that in just minutes, the pullets had striped his tomato planets of every ripe tomato that they could find! They pecked at everything. It was as if a swarm of locust descended. We are now in the process of putting up fencing. LOL!
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> Aren't the older hens suppose to teach the younger ones?????
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